[ubuntu-za] Virtualization on Ubuntu

[Lee Sharp]

Wikus Cornelius wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I want to use some virtualization environment at home to evaluate and 
> test differed operating systems (windows and different Linux 
> distributions). I have done some googleing on Xen, VirtualBox and Kvm, 
> but I would like some advice and recommendations from people with 
> experience on the mailing list. My criteria is ease of use, network 
> support a must and usb support a plus. I am probably not going to run 
> any processing intensive applications. We are using Vmware at work so if 
> I can find one that can import Vmware images easily it will be an 
> advantage. I have installed Vmware player, but it is a bit limited. I 
> will be using Ubuntu for the host OS.

Virtualbox - Not a real graphics card or sound card.  This can mean 
driver issues on some guest OS installs.

Xen - Not a good "as needed" solution.

KVM - Good, but needs the correct CPU.  It does have real graphics and 
sound cards emulated.

QEMU - Very good, portable, can work on any CPU, and has real graphics 
and sound cards emulated.  Not as fast as KVM.

			Lee